Live auction - brm_504656 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 October 2018 14:59:37

Type : Aurelianus

Date: 289

Mint name / Town : Londres

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,60 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan très large, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Carausius à l’usure régulière. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.101 var. - C.193 var. (10f.) - HCC.36 var. - RCV.13639 A (250$) - Casey- p. 88

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Carausius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG/ F|O// ML.

Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).